Breast supporter and former



s p 1952 J. COPENHAGEN BREAST SUPPORTER AND FORMER Filed April 16, 1949INVENTOR. JULES 60PNHHEN Patented Sept. 23, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 2,611,129 BREAST SUPPORTER- AND FORMER Jules Copenhagen,Cleveland, Ohio Application April 16, 1949, Serial No. 87,929

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' inclined to sag and the flabby, pendulous type.

Presently used bust supporting devices are constructed as supporters andfillers and cannot produce a natural youthful appearance of a bustsupported thereby.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision ofsupporting and forming bust pads constructed to produce in combinationwith customary brassieres, foundation garments, etc., a naturalappearance for a woman's bust, each pad being made of sponge rubberformed to give the pad crescent-shaped, longitudinal cross section and arearwardly-inclined and downwardlycurved breast-shaping and supportingtop portion.

Another object of the invention is the provision of breast-supportingand forming bust pads constructed to produce in combination withcustomary brassires, foundation garments, etc., a natural appearance ofa womans bust, each pad being constructed of sponge rubber formed togive the pad wedge-shaped transversal cross section, crescent-shapedlongitudinal cross section, and a rearwardly-inclined anddownwardlycurved, breast-shaping and supporting top portion.

The above and additional objects and novel features of construction bywhich the objects in view have been attained, will appear and are setforth in detail in the course of the following specification.

The drawings accompanying and forming part of the specificationillustrate a certain practical embodiment of the invention, but it willbe apparent as the specification proceeds that the structure may bemodified and changed in various ways without departure from the truespirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective front view showing a conventional type brassireon a woman's figure, the brassiere supporting bust pads constructed inaccordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1, the brassiere being shown partly insection to disclose the position of one of the bust pads with respect toa breast shaped and supported thereby;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bust pad;

Fig. 4 is a front view of the bust pad;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through Fig. 4, the

. 2 sectionbeing taken on line 55 of said figure; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through Fig. 4, the section being takenon line 66 or. said figure.

Referring now in detail to the exemplified form of the invention shownin the drawing, reference numeral 2 denotes a conventional brassiere ona woman s figure 3, which brassire supports in pockets or in any othersuitable manner (not shown) a pair of bust pads 4.

These pads 4, which are identically shaped, are molded from spongerubber or similar material. Each of these pads has a crescent-shapedform to permit close hugging of the body of the wearer by the rear face5 and give the appearance of the fullness of a naturally-shaped youthfulbreast by the more sharply curved front face 6 of the pad, an appearancewhich is brought about in conjunction with the sharply curved lower edgeI of the pad. The upper edge 8 of front face 6 is curved in a directionopposite to the curvature of lower edge 1, on a radius substantiallylarger than the radius of the curvature of such lower edge for a purposehereinafter described.

Rear face 5 of pad 4 is of lower height than face -6 and in additioncurved on a radius larger than the radius of said front face. Thecurvatures of the front and rear faces intersect each other at thebottom portion of the pad and are related to each other so that thevertical cross section of the pad is wedge-shaped and provides the padwith a supporting, forming top portion 9 adapted to effect propershaping and supporting of a breast. Top portion 9 is rearwardly inclinedand downwardly curved so as to follow substantially the curvature ofupper edge 8 to effect a support of the root part of a breast andcurving of such part in a manner to produce the appearance of fullnessand simulate a youthful breast.

Pad 4 which supports and shapes principally the root portion of abreast, tends to shift the soft tissue of the breast toward the frontportion of the breast, thus filling out such front portion and formingsaid portion to a firm and shapely contour while simultaneously curvingthe upper root portion of the breast and giving same the appearance offullness and firmness.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A breast supporting and forming device adapted to be used incombination with a brassire of standard construction comprising alengthwise, crescent-shaped pad having. wedgeshaped vertical crosssection decreasing in width toward its bottom, said pad including aconvexly-curved front surface convexly curved in both vertical andtransverse directions and formed with a convexly-curved top edge, aconcavely-curved rear surface smaller than said front surface andconcavely curved in both vertical and transverse directions and formedwith a convexly-curved top edge, and a rearwardlyinclined,convexly-curved supporting and forming top surface encircled by theconvexly-curved top edges of said front and rear surfaces, said topsurface having its central portion extended upwardly higher than theside portions and being dimensioned to effect support of the portion ofa breast adjacent to its root.

2. A breast supporting and forming device adapted to be used incombination with a brassire of standard construction comprising a pad ofspongy, elastic material of lengthwise, crescent-shaped form andwedge-shaped, vertical cross section decreasing in width toward itsbottom, said pad including a conv'exly-curved front surface convexlycurved in both vertical and 4 transverse directions and formed with aconvexly-curved top edge, a concavely-curved rear surface smaller thansaid front surface and concavely curved in both vertical and transversedirections and formed with a convexly-curved top edge, and arearwardly-inclined, convexlycurved supporting and forming top surfaceencircled by the convexly-curved top edges of said front and rearsurfaces, said top surface having its central portion extended upwardlyhigher than the side portions and being dimensioned to effect support ofthe portion of a breast adjacent to its root.

J ULES COPENHAGEN.

REFERENCES CITED The followingreferences are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,041,066 Howard May 19, 19362,342,076 Herbener Feb. 15, 1944

